Organization of Britain's Army Supply Bases at Front
A detailed tour reveals massive British war supply hubs at the front. Sheds brim with trucks engines and tools while shoemakers repair boots and a bread bakery turns out hundreds of thousands of loaves daily. Iron rations are stocked and gas helmets refurbished by a large team of workers ensuring steady front-line support.
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Britain
Lars
Shoe
United Kingdom
Tommy
London
Paris
Canada must anchor reconstruction in farming says Globe
The Dominion faces a postwar boom for farming as the main industry. With 350 000 to 400 000 soldiers returning, factory and railway work will shrink and shortages abroad will keep demand for grain and livestock high. Ontario should invest in cottages for farm laborers to keep married workers on farms and boost national wealth.
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Dominion
Militia Department
Europe
Canadian West
Canada
Ontario
Toronto Globe
Woman enters church, usher guides to correct pew
A confused woman enters a church and sits in the wrong pew. An usher approaches, softly correcting her and guiding her to the proper seat, showing polite handling of a minor social mishap.
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Marcos
Pacam
Agricultural War Book for 1914 Offers Comprehensive Guidance
The Agricultere War Book of 1914 surveys worldwide farming, with sections on crop and livestock production, dairy, and processed foods. It includes price data such as British wheat at 347 a bushel and discusses thrift, home economy, patriotic purchase, and war-related mobilization. It cites contributions from over seventy authorities and government officials across the Dominion and UK.
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Agricultere
Farmmets
Caeaia
Martin Tarre
Fed-Rei
Sericultere
Itvester
Deity Protacts
Dominion
Etperinwnte Farme
Eab-C
Be Partenetite
Differtent Sarficnturel Colleges
Canada
Britain
War Posters Aid Canadian Recruiting Campaigns
The Canadian Gazette in London reports that Western Canada towns asked for attractive recruiting posters. Whitehall officials supplied posters and recruiting cards of high artistic quality. A warm letter thanks the parliamentary recruiting committee for the consignment and notes posters vary in appeal. editors should request posters by name for best fit.
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Canadian Gazette
London
Eng
Canada
Whitehall
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Binder Twine Trouble Drops From Yucatan Trade
Manitoba farmers eye Mexico where 90 percent of world binder twine is sourced. A trust of US capitalists and Mexican planters seeks higher profits, with an expected 1916 rise of about $500,000 and potential future increases. Raw material comes from Yucatan’s sisal plantations, complicating fair pricing for northern farmers, war or not.
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Manitoba
Mexico
United States
Yucatan
N—Tree Press
Safety guidance on avoiding lightning during storms
The text warns against using telephones and touching metal objects during lightning. It advises staying away from stoves radiators metal doors chimneys and open windows. It favors thick timber shelters and avoiding isolated trees, sheds, or small structures when outdoors.
Influence of Pictures in Home Life Across Rural Iowa
A farmer woman's tale from Cedar County shows a niece’s visit transforming view of prairie beauty and family happiness. A Cedar County talk highlights how pictures shape children's aspirations, stressing art education at home and school as essential.
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Farmers’ Institute
Cedar County
Iowa
Britain’s Postwar Trade Policy and German Influence
A British speaker argues postwar trade must sever German control of commerce. He warns against delaying declarations on postwar policy, urges proactive plans for empire industry, and stresses danger of German influence undermining Britain’s economy. He cites wartime losses and the need to rebuild manufacturing and resources.
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Germany
Britain
Terein
Germany Uy
Empire
England
Brittain
The Real Tommy Atkins in a Trenches Memory
A veteran recalls a dreary trench night in rain sleet and snow. The narrator describes flooded trenches a four foot pool a battered board bridge and cold boots as Tommy Atkins jokes with tea water and soap moments of humor amid hardship.
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Tommy Atkins
Walter
Matey
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